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Feeling mighty thankful for the gal holding this bucket. Kept a whole flock of sheep alive, entertained the craziest of dogs, cut, designed and delivered flowers for a 100 centerpiece event all while I sat on the beach and ingested beer. Business advice for today? Get yourself a Sam. Photo by my incredibly talented friend, @henryphotographs
Well, it’s back to reality I guess 🤷‍♀️✨ Flower stand back open tomorrow afternoon. Excited to see how the garden has changed in 4 days. Can’t wait to see my pups.
Hayley’s bouquet was a stand-out from springtime...beautiful palette filled with local and small-farm grown beauties. Tap for growers 👩‍🌾
Flower stand update: we will be opening starting FRIDAY this week, with more lisianthus (probably the last week for it!) and some other late summer mixed bunches. And tomatoes. We won’t be open on Thursday. The past two weeks have had a bit of a gap in production, but the dahlias are *finally* getting going. In just a few weeks we’ll be stocking the stand with gorgeous dahlias and more gorgeous sunflowers in shades of red, plum, terra-cotta...
The fact that I’m about to hop on a plane to Nantucket has me feeling a bit like this 🔝 Waiting out a 4 hour layover. Brads watching a war movie on his phone, I had a Bloody Mary, now enjoying my Instagram feed from the charger chairs across from Dunkin’ Donuts. Can’t wait to be reunited with my girl @awebber0279 and Gus and the gang ✨✨✨ Photograph by @jennanicolegreenawalt, wedding styling/planning by @mmjevents
Late June, circa 2019 at @magnoliahillfarm styled by @auburnandivorycreative ✨ Photo by @henryphotographs Napkins @thelesserbear
Pretty new things are coming soon...smitten with our new website design and can’t wait to share the magic... Back home late evening tonight with our 4th and final ram for this breeding season. A week of respite and catching up with a lifelong friend on Nantucket starting Monday. Then breeding season, autumn wedding season. Huge shout out to our incredible right-hand gal and manager of all things @samantha_urig for jumping into a role as ‘farmer’ and keeping things going at home while we travel. We like to travel.
I have a fondness for black sheep. This striking guy has been sold to Iowa as a herd sire, and I’m excited to see what he produces. We’re on our way to Cookeville, Tennessee for the Katahdin Hair Sheep International Expo. Excited to see everyone, and learn from the always-amazing lineup of speakers; this year our keynote speaker is Temple Grandin. And if you never have, go watch the movie about her on @netflix, where she’s played brilliantly by Claire Danes. One of my favorites. I’m so excited! Captured in springtime by @rachelcarterphoto ✨✨
Snap from a recent wedding in Chicago at @mortonarb and I’m loving how our flowers complimented the lavish table details and modern simplicity of the venue. A mix of styles in perfect harmony ✨
Lisianthus wanted her close up 💅
Brad and I are two very tired yet very happy farmers. Big things were accomplished today. Lots of flowers headed into the world, and a few great rams sold very well at the Eastern NSIP sale in Wooster. That’s really all I have the energy to say, so I leave you with this mirror selfie on #film because I paid like $3 for this photo 🤷‍♀️
Dream flowers for the #imbueretreat ...a delightful couple of days with great friends, wine, banter, and tons and tons of beauty. More to come...can you guess the bold tone we chose to compliment these soft, romantic colors? Photography: @jennyhaas Styling/Design: @auburnandivorycreative Floral design: @oldslatefarm Venue: @greencrestmanor Stationary: @cheeruppress Silks: @thelesserbear Hair and makeup: @hannawagnerdesign Gown and veil: @carolhannah Shoes: @bellabelleshoes Flatware @aidenandgrace Bench @lostandfoundrentals Bridesmaid Gown: @jennyyoonyc ℅ @shopgildedsocial Models: @brookenaumcheff and @christian_zaleski_
You know how they say that the third time’s a charm? Couldn’t be truer for me when it comes to this crop. My first year, they succumbed to the weeds (I was getting myself married during crucial weeding weeks!) and the second, the weeds were still pretty bad but I planted them in an area that was also FAR too wet. It takes time to figure out your farm and your soils and your limits. Still not there yet. Probably never will be. But it gets better, and here is the evidence. Few things in flower farming are more motivating than a giant bill for a plug order, a bulb order, a tuber order. Usually a big bottom line really makes me put my nose to the grindstone and figure out how to grow a crop. Next year, I’m thinking of adding sweet peas. Better buy a lot.
There are so many sweet little nuances that @juliasimmonsphotography captured from this lovely June wedding. This is one of my favorites. See more over on @onefabday . Venue @granvilleinn_ohio Decor @serendipity.designs Cake @miamcake Ribbon @thelesserbear
This is a pretty big month for the sheep. We have the annual NSIP sale in Wooster next weekend, where Brad has consigned 2 very nice ram lambs. The next weekend, we are both off to Cookeville, Tennessee for the Katahdin Hair Sheep International expo, a 3-day event packed with amazing speakers - including Temple Grandin! Mingling with shepherds around the country, and viewing superb sheep for the annual sale in Cookeville. We’re lining up our breeding groups, because as soon as we get home we will be turning the rams in with the ewes for February lambing. We are breeding 40 ewes this year, and with all the twinning and tripleting these sheep are known for, it’s bound to be really adorable chaos this winter. We still have a nice starter flock available for someone who wants to jump into this crazy world. Get ahold of us for more info! Pictured: One of our homebred ewes ‘Opal’ with her triplet ewe lambs this spring.
Currant tomato vine, Francis Meilland from @gracerosefarm , Dalmatian peach foxglove, a few handfuls of cosmos that I scraped together from a washed out part of the garden. Some weeds, too, for good measure. Tied with @thelesserbear silk and taken by @juliasimmonsphotography on her fancy new camera 📷
I think @jennanicolegreenawalt had some fun playing and working with these flowers on the morning of this lovely wedding. Don’t you agree? With @mmjevents and @ink.and.ivory ✨✨✨✨
Thinking about the several quarts of beautiful, thin skinned, lusciously sweet white currant tomatoes that I’m going to pick today...and trying to decide what to create with them, if they survive my incessant snacking. More recipes on the blog to come. More on the blog to come in general. I’m feeling pretty legit after selling food to a restaurant yesterday. Ever since I became obsessed with local agriculture, I thought that would be my path. Too bad 4 years ago I sucked at it and found a niche (and passion) in cut flowers and floral design. The flowers have taught me a lot. Don’t eat the tomatoes on this cake. They taste terrible. But they’re beautiful, and that’s enough for me, as long as you are a tomato. . . @auburnandivorycreative @jennapowersphoto @legateau_columbus_oh @odylynetheceremony
🎶 just can’t wait to get on the road again 🎶 Heading to Pure Michigan this afternoon for a little creative R+R - feeling ready for it after a most productive day in the garden, weeding all the beds, spraying the tomatoes with (organic) pesticide, harvesting all I could...I’m beat! Really digging this modern set up featuring my favorite new ceremony style, urns on columns...captured by @laurenleephotography from our @ruffledblog styled shoot with @eventshelddear at @jorgensenfarms
Throwback to another impossibly hot day... Photo @jennapowersphoto Styling @auburnandivorycreative Linen, embroidered napkin @thelesserbear Paper @cheeruppress